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| - So after having a fantastic dinner at Cure early in the evening, my friend from college and I headed down to Carson St to check out the Saturday night life. For some damn reason, I wanted to eat again at midnight, haha. As we walked by Apsara Cafe, a little old Asian lady spotted us, and came outside to encouraged us to enter. Being two AZNs (my friend and I), it's hard to walk away from an old lady promoting her food. In case you didn't know, if you have little old Asian women, you'll usually get great food.
Food (8.25/10) = So we pretty much just asked what she recommended. Two dishes. Chicken pad thai and chicken red curry. Both winners. Don't know how this place compares to other thai places in Pittsburgh, but this restaurant does serve delicious food regardless. Surprisingly what impressed me the most was the clean crisp hot tea they served. Usually the Asian restaurants serve the cheap tasting stuff, but the tea was probably the part of my second dinner I enjoyed the most, hah.
Ambiance (9.0/10) = One of the nicest thai restaurant I've visited. The decor is beautiful in my opinion. The art work. The figures of elephants and other animals surrounding the walls of the restaurant caught my attention.
Service (9.0/10) = old asian lady with hospitality. Anthony Bourdain knows this. He talks about it in one of the numerous episodes where he visits Vietnam. Old smiling asian lady = hospitality = delicious food = like a second mother.
Overall Opinion = I came here for a second dinner. Why? I still don't know. I wasn't hungry. I had dined at Cure early in the evening where I indulged myself in meat. Was it the old smiling Asian lady? Perhaps. Bottom line is, the chicken pad thai, the chicken red curry, and the tea were Double D - Damn Delicious, even with having a full stomach of cured meats, haha.
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